Rep. Michael Grimm, a Republican who represents Staten Island, has been lobbying his House colleagues to support the Sandy relief aid bill up for a vote today. The House is taking up the Sandy relief bill but some fiscal conservatives voice concern over how to pay for it.
It’s been one month since Hurricane Sandy struck New York, and many Staten Island residents are still living without running water or heat. NBC’s Katy Tur reports.
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After their owner left the gate to their pen open, a zebra-pony duo ran wild on New York’s Staten Island, dodging traffic and running through back yards until they were nabbed an hour later. TODAY’s Natalie Morales has more details.
A home that was destroyed and abandoned after Hurricane Sandy is seen on Fox Beach Avenue in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island in New York City, New York, March 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Marie Ecker stands outside her destroyed home at 100 Fox Lane in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island in New York City, New York, March 25, 2013. Ecker, whose home was destroyed when Hurricane Sandy slammed into Staten Island in October 2012, and more than 185 homeowners in a roughly four-bloc
Marie Ecker poses for a portrait outside her destroyed home at 100 Fox Lane in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island in New York City, New York, March 25, 2013. Ecker, whose home was destroyed when Hurricane Sandy slammed into Staten Island in October 2012, and more than 185 homeowners in a rou
Tina Downer stands on the third floor balcony of her home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island in New York City, New York, March 25, 2013. Downer, whose home was heavily damaged and rendered unliveable when Hurricane Sandy slammed into Staten Island on October